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• Jeiel (Father of Gibeon)People

  Jeiel is a Benjamite recorded in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles as "the father of Gibeon." He is an ancestor of the family that descends through Ner and Kish to King Saul. Several other people with the same name appear in the Bible.

• HaggithPeople

  Haggith was one of the wives of King David and the mother of Adonijah, the fourth son born to David in Hebron. Scripture records only her name.

• MaachahPeople

  Maachah was the wife of Rehoboam, king of Judah, and the mother of Abijah (Abijam). During the reign of King Asa, she was removed from her position as queen mother for making an abominable image for Asherah.

• MahalathPeople

  Mahalath is the name of two women in the Old Testament. It most often refers to the wife of Rehoboam, king of Judah, who was a granddaughter of David (2 Chronicles 11:18). A second woman of the same name was a daughter of Ishmael who became the wife of Esau (Genesis 28:9).

• ChileabPeople

  Chileab was the second son of David, born to Abigail at Hebron. He appears by name only in 2 Samuel 3:3. In the parallel list in 1 Chronicles 3:1, the name "Daniel" appears in the same position.

• Abel Beth MaacahBible

  Abel Beth Maacah was a city near Dan at the far northern edge of Israel. It is known as the place where Sheba, who rebelled against David, took refuge and met his end through the intervention of a wise woman of the city.

• Wise Woman of AbelPeople

  The wise woman of Abel is an unnamed woman who appears in 2 Samuel 20. When Joab besieged the city of Abel Beth Maachah in pursuit of Sheba, who had rebelled against David, she negotiated with him and kept the city from being destroyed.

• AchishPeople

  Achish was king of the Philistine city of Gath. He twice received David when David fled from Saul, and he gave David the town of Ziklag.

• Queen MotherBible

  The queen mother is a biblical term for a woman who, as the mother of the king, held an official position at the royal court. It is best known from the account of King Asa of Judah removing his mother Maachah from this position.

• Sheba (Son of Bichri)People

  Sheba son of Bichri was a Benjamite who appears in 2 Samuel 20. Shortly after Absalom's rebellion, he rose up against David but was killed by the inhabitants of the city of Abel-beth-maachah.

• AbijahPeople

  Abijah was the second king of the southern kingdom of Judah during the divided monarchy, the son of Rehoboam and the father of Asa. The books of Kings call him "Abijam," and he reigned for about three years.

• Tamar (Daughter of David)People

  Tamar was the daughter of King David and Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, and the full sister of Absalom. Her rape by her half-brother Amnon is recorded in 2 Samuel 13.

• 2 Samuel 20Bible

  2 Samuel 20 recounts the revolt of Sheba, a Benjamite, and its suppression. Joab kills Amasa and takes command of the army, and a wise woman of Abel of Beth-maacah saves her city. The chapter closes with a list of David's officials.

• AbsalomPeople

  Absalom was the third son of King David, an Old Testament figure who rebelled against his father in an attempt to seize the throne and was killed in battle. His story is recorded chiefly in 2 Samuel.